Today I was called a pusher. I’m sure others have been
thinking it ever since Zachary and I started to sell Advocare, but this man was
just brave enough to say it out loud. The funny thing is he doesn’t even have a
day to day relationship with me, nor did I try to sell him anything. I simply
said I was delivering some spark to a friend. I’m not offended, because I know the truth,
but I do want to address the thought.
You see up until about 2 years ago I probably would have
thought the same thing. (I’m not brave enough to speak that out loud to someone
though) Maybe you couldn’t tell from the
outside that I was dying, but I was a miserable person. I had spent my college
years and the short years after college chasing what I thought I wanted for
myself, and what other people around me defined as success. I had landed myself
close to my dream job, but it was anything but a dream. It was everything I
thought I would love, but I cried every Sunday because I knew what Monday was
about to bring. When I found out I was pregnant, after much prayer, I knew that
God was telling me to lay down my pride, make some sacrifices, and quit.
We could not afford for me to quit, but we trusted that God
was asking me to and would provide for our family. The 2 years since that
decision have not been easy. But for the first time since high school I can say
that I seek the Lord when I make decisions, I listen and wait for His answers
before I move, and when He asks me to do something, I do it. Has it been easy? Absolutely not!! But for the
first time in my life I actually depend on the Lord, for everything. We are in
a place often that if He doesn’t come through for us, we are sunk. He always
comes through!
So when Advocare came into our lives God had humbled me
enough, and opened my heart up for a change. I had been listening to His truth
instead of the Devil’s lie. I had heard him tell me that I was worth it, that
good things can happen in my life too, and that I was meant to change people’s
lives just as he had told me so long ago. I started believing again that he had
predestined many lives in my path that He would use me to change, but I had to
say yes. It was clear that Advocare was the boat he sent my way, and I needed
to start rowing it toward Him. Is it something I would have thought I would
ever do? Is it something I ever wanted to do? No. I didn’t get a Master’s
degree in Educational Leadership to push vitamins.
But here is the deal.
I don’t push vitamins.
I push hope.
I look for people who
want a change. Whether it be in their weight, their health, their energy, their
finances, or my favorite ALL OF THE ABOVE. And then I help them.
Too many people judge. They sit at home wishing things were
different and making fun of those people that are out trying to make things
different. I know because I was one of those people. I’m not anymore. I finally
don’t care what others think of me, other than the God that I serve, and I know
that He has called me to help.
Now, don’t get all upset and assume that I am saying if you
don’t do direct sales that you aren’t listening to God. I’m not. It is definitely
not for everyone, I understand that. However, I am asking you to not assume
that you know the intentions of everyone in direct sales. I have met some
amazing people who dreamed of what their life could be, and instead of just
dreaming, they believed God when He said He planned good for them, and they
went out and chased it for themselves and others.
I want to be a part of that. I want to surround myself with those
types of people.
